On 02/08/18 10:32, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > On 8 February 2018 at 09:25, Laszlo Ersek <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 02/08/18 09:32, Jordan Justen wrote: >> >>> Given the wording from the contribution agreement, it appears that it >>> would also be fine to just use Mike's Signed-off-by if he is >>> authorized to contribute the code even though he didn't author it. >> >> So basically just >> >> """ >> Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1 >> Signed-off-by: Michael D Kinney <[email protected]> >> """ >> >> implies Mike saying, "trust me guys, I got Microsoft's authorization (or >> whoever the original authors were) to contribute their code under the >> 2-clause BSDL". Is that right? >> >> Dunno why but this concept is hard for me to accept. :) "whoever the >> original authors were" is super vague to me. Let's say I want to verify >> that authorization myself: whom do I contact? Are the >> "https://github.com/Microsoft/MS_UEFI/..."; references considered >> sufficient origin information? >> > > This is exactly the reason: if someone contributes code under a > suitable license, they should take full responsibility that the code > in question is actually covered by that license.
OK. If that works, then patches #5 and #10 are Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek <[email protected]> as they are in this series. (This keeps boggling my mind -- I honestly wonder whether responsibility *can* stop at the submitter, as opposed to "catching up" with the whole project --, so I'm pretty sure I'll forget about this interpretation again, and you'll have to remind me again. Please bear with me. :( ) > I refuse any responsibility for verifying the origin of code that > others contribute, and I'm sure your workload doesn't allow it either. It's definitely not that I'd take any responsibility for origin verification; I just figured that contributors could (or should) semi-formally support such efforts, *should* someone in the future feel like verifying the origin. Thanks Laszlo _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel
